#foolishness

Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#knowledge #rationalism #science #self-delusion #science

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while. ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#humor #wisdom #humor

But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . . ↗

— Nick Cave

#cannibals #company #dining #eating #food

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #reductionism #wisdom #wisdom

Causing any damage or harm to one party in order to help another party is not justice, and likewise, attacking all feminine conduct [in order to warn men away from individual women who are deceitful] is contrary to the truth, just as I will show you with a hypothetical case. Let us suppose they did this intending to draw fools away from foolishness. It would be as if I attacked fire -- a very good and necessary element nevertheless -- because some people burnt themselves, or water because someone drowned. The same can be said of all good things which can be used well or used badly. But one must not attack them if fools abuse them. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#argument #clichés #conduct #damage #danger

Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how. ↗

— Jane Austen

#intelligence #sense #stupidity #intelligence

Each dark conjecture came and for a moment settled like a vulture on Bond's shoulder and croaked into his ear that he had been a blind fool. ↗

— Ian Fleming

#folly #foolishness #guilt #regret #anger

Sento ancora la follia scorrermi dentro, ma ancora non ho scritto le parole che avrei voluto, la tigre mi è rimasta sulla schiena. Morirò con addosso quella figlia di puttana, ma almeno le ho dato battaglia. E se fra voi c'è qualcuno che si sente abbastanza matto da voler diventare scrittore, gli consiglio va' avanti, sputa in un occhio al sole, schiaccia quei tasti, è la migliore pazzia che possa esserci, i secoli chiedono aiuto, la specie aspira spasmodicamente alla luce, e all'azzardo e alle risate. Regalateglieli. Ci sono abbastanza parole per noi tutti. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#deth #everybody #foolishness #life #light

The heart was a weak, changeable thing, bent on nothing but love, and there could be no more fatal mistake than to make it your master. Reason must be in charge. It comforted you for the heart's foolishness, it sang mocking songs about love, derided it as a whim of nature, transient as flowers. So why did she still keep following her heart? ↗

— Cornelia Funke

#love #love

Don't fool yourself by look so humble whereas the thing you want is respect. ↗

— Toba Beta

#humble #respect #respect